Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975

Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, Zootaxa 2856 (1), pp. 1-84 : 50-51

Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975

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Material examined. ASIAN TURKEY: Antalya province: 80 km NE of Antalya, BeŞkonak, Köprülü canyon, 7.ix.1992, 2 ♂♂ ( Fig. 38 ), Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( NMPC ZJPC); 50 km S Antalya, Tekirova env., near antique Phaselis, 3.–4.v.1991, 1 ♂, Z. Jindra lgt., P. Kment det. ( ZJPC) .

Asian Turkey. Drake & Hoberlandt (1952, as S. hirsuta , misidentification), Hoberlandt (1952a, as S. hirsuta , misidentification); Cobben (1959, as a new species different from S. hirsuta ), Lindskog (1975, 1995); this paper.

Turkey (not distinguished). Kıyak & Özsaraç (2001), Önder et al. (2006).

General distribution. Cyprus and southern Anatolia ( Lindskog 1975, 1995).

Comments. Drake & Hoberlandt (1952) and Hoberlandt (1952a) recorded this species from Anatolia under the name Saldula hirsuta (Reuter, 1888) . Cobben (1959) was the first who recognized it as a new species different from S. hirsuta , but he did not describe it. Lindskog (1975) described his new species from Cyprus and attributed the Hoberlandt’s (1952a) specimens to it, considering the slight differences as intraspecific variability. Unfortunately, both specimens of S. linbergi from ‘Bürücek’ ( Hoberlandt 1952a, Lindskog 1975) are currently missing in the NMPC.

Identification. Lindskog (1975).

Figures

FIGURES 38–39. 38—Saldula lindbergi Lindskog, 1975: male (Antalya province: Köprülü canyon, 4.1 mm); 39—Saldula sp.: female (Hatay province: Karaçay, 3.6 mm).